Study: Black holes seem to form before galaxies
Wednesday, January 7, 2009 - 14:35
in Astronomy & Space
When galaxies initially formed, they weren't the first in the cosmic neighborhood. The supermassive black holes, which reside at the center of galaxies, probably moved in first, a new astronomy study suggests.
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